Billionaire Elon Musk, the world’s richest man who purchased the social media platform Twitter and renamed it X, is “all in” on Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, The New York Times reports. X has “reportedly worked with Donald Trump’s campaign to censor material that could be harmful to the form...
X has “reportedly worked with Donald Trump’s campaign to censor material that could be harmful to the former president’s White House chances as part of a pattern of election interference that is unprecedented in U.S. history,” according to The Daily Beast.
Gee willikers, that sure sounds like it would be illegal. I mean if I were to do this sort of thing, I’m imagining I would be in jail, awaiting trial.
Gee willikers, that sure sounds like it would be illegal. I mean if I were to do this sort of thing, I’m imagining I would be in jail, awaiting trial.
as far as I can tell, none of those laws apply to censorship on what is ultimately a private company’s platform.
Like twitter isn’t a government agency. they’re allowed to be partisan and delete content however they see fit. This would be similar to, say, a newspaper electing to not cover trump’s awkward moments while covering Harris’ awkward moments; or a bakery offering pro-harris cake or cookies but not pro-trump stuff.
the constitution only bars government or public agents from infringing on free speech- it does not bar you from kicking your asshat trumper out of thanksgiving dinner.
so far, the only thing I can see that Musk has done that is against election law is to solicit donors with the $47 he promised to recruiters, so to speak… and that’s… well… I’m not sure that’s going to be an easy case to win.
X has “reportedly worked with Donald Trump’s campaign to censor material that could be harmful to the former president’s White House chances as part of a pattern of election interference that is unprecedented in U.S. history,” according to The Daily Beast.
Gee willikers, that sure sounds like it would be illegal. I mean if I were to do this sort of thing, I’m imagining I would be in jail, awaiting trial.
18 U.S. Code Chapter 29 - ELECTIONS AND POLITICAL ACTIVITIES https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/part-I/chapter-29
Overview of Federal Criminal Laws Prohibiting Interference with Voting https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/LSB/LSB11125
as far as I can tell, none of those laws apply to censorship on what is ultimately a private company’s platform.
Like twitter isn’t a government agency. they’re allowed to be partisan and delete content however they see fit. This would be similar to, say, a newspaper electing to not cover trump’s awkward moments while covering Harris’ awkward moments; or a bakery offering pro-harris cake or cookies but not pro-trump stuff.
the constitution only bars government or public agents from infringing on free speech- it does not bar you from kicking your asshat trumper out of thanksgiving dinner.
so far, the only thing I can see that Musk has done that is against election law is to solicit donors with the $47 he promised to recruiters, so to speak… and that’s… well… I’m not sure that’s going to be an easy case to win.